Ringitsneck

Championship promoters aren’t allowed to vote on premiership matters therefore you are incorrect regarding other promoters in the league. Basically if Buster agreed then decision made!

What’s the odds on either of those tracks staging the first meeting of the season ?

It’s looking like the ‘ amateurs ‘ will be required in the new lower standard NL and as for grass track in this country it’s dying. More than 50% of the competitors up north are on Moto x bikes and those few on proper grass track bikes most are aged 50 plus!

As it’s likely to be a short , sort of Mickey Mouse season then their gamble on going big might not cost them much especially if they draw a large crowd for the first few home matches. They’ve certainly created some news in dire times for the sport.

So you want a wage cap ( your point 3 ) but then want riders to earn a wage in one league? Can’t have both surely ? your other 6 points aren’t going to happen in our life time either unless there’s a total change at the top of speedway.

You been on the sauce again ? Your Mam has told you to stay off the white lightening now go to yer room.

I take it from your other comment that you know him well. I only mentioned him as I know he’s always appeared keen with decent equipment and unlike one or two we have had at Brough, in control ! I’m sure he would have got a NL place in the past but his age went against him, which is a shame as guys older than him have been included in teams as they were heat leader standard. Isn’t Ledworth at Kent around the same age? I do worry that a few will have been lost to the sport with the inactivity over the last 12 months.

I don’t think Dean is quite ready yet as his style is somewhat limited and he falls off too much but certainly Danny is definitely ready for NL. The few meetings I saw at Redcar in 2020 had a few who, even in the support class, could ride in a lower standard NL. There was the likes of Watson , Rothbury, Muff, even youngsters Goldsbrough, Lyden, the two ladies Gordon and Hellowell can control a bike well enough to be competitive.There are a few other Scottish based lads who didn’t appear in 2020 who rode in the NJL that would also be of the right standard. They do have to be able to race rather than just ride around the track ( wobblers ). There was one or two ‘ old uns ‘ that might be interested if it wasn’t too competitive and you only needed one bike, the likes of Turner, Mudgway , Blair and possibly Parr who could fill in if required. Just depends where they want the standard or even age ( I hate the age thing as some lads don’t take it up till later on in life ) . There used to be a good crop attend Scunthorpe meetings but they thinned out when they started doing 75 plus heats in a day without any track grading plus riding once each month didn’t really bring them on enough. A lower standard NL would offer them that opportunity if it was run right.

Six teams might be about right. The NL will lose around 10 riders to the ‘ rising star ‘ scheme then add a few who will have given up ,especially having not ridden in 2020 so there’s a wants list already never mind finding 21 additional riders. Most amateur riders are no where near ready to commit to league racing either through employment, lack of suitable equipment or funds. If we are to believe that expressions of interest from all these other clubs will result in several new teams then there’s going to be an issue. So unless the NL drops to almost an amateur standard then theres going to be a shortage . So 6 to 8 teams is about the maximum the NL can hope for and that will be at a much lower standard .

Despite what you might hear from THJ , there is no ‘opt out’ option. The riders had to return an email invitation sent to them, if they didn’t return it then they weren’t included on the list. Being as its speedway and therefore run unprofessionally , they didn’t send the email to everybody they should have done because that’s the way they operate.

If a ‘ meeting ‘ didn’t take place ( even if some individuals did not take part ) how do you think these decisions have been made ? Answer - because discussions have taken place. But whatever... As they are now struggling to fill teams in the championship this is bound to effect the make up of any NL division. Tonight’s news on travel restrictions is not going to make that any easier. Let’s hope the format of the NL doesn’t alter . Whilst there’s lots of talk I don’t expect to see more than one or two additions. I do hope to see a northern based side to give the youngsters up here something to aim for so let’s hope it comes off.

Or in other words.....be patient.

The ‘ new ‘ track will be completely new to any form of league speedway.....if they get a licence. They would replace a team who initially expressed interest in being in the NDL but may not now do so if this track gets the nod.

What accusation? I’m not suggesting he did anything illegal or immoral. They were his engines , he can do what he likes with them!

Gerhard wanted an investor to enlarge his capability of supplying the engines, the BSPA bit his hand off and handed over the £300,000 with the contract stating the BSPA would be the sole supplier and distributor with a guaranteed number of engines to the BSPA. 16 engines later they fall out over the slowness of production so no more engines , the BSPA management committee have now blown the sports coffers leaving them skint and grasping at straws to get their money back. Four years later, no more engines no sign of the cash coming back. Mr. Godfrey gave his last couple of those engines away to a certain junior rider he is courting for the future.

Well he has signed for two British clubs so think you might want to change your opinion. Slightly surprised that Redcar now have 4 ( Wright, Rowe, MPT and now Stewart ) doubling up riders possibly five ( Jenkins in the NL ) when speedway was supposed to be getting away from this situation. But not a bad team if they can capture a strong second string to finish the team off.

Read the words...not one he has attended...good spin on word play. Plus two other prominent individuals did not ‘ attend ‘ it either, one of them was not invited, says a lot.

One just makes things up the other just has a poor memory . I’m sure one of them will tell you which is which.

Have a look around and see how many new kids are riding speedway bikes in the last 2 or 3 years and count how many kids have entered the youth rounds. Then work out how quickly we will run out of new riders for this 5 year plan.

Only 16 made it into the Uk . The mafia have tried to sue him , and failed, hence the BSPA are skint

Why are you in such a rush to be told “ this might happen if...” or “ we are doing this, subject too...”. When there’s something concrete to tell I’m sure they will but at the moment they have a plan but it’s in pencil until more is known. You will only slag them off for doing that. They dont want to do what the clowns on the top table have done, release a fixture list including a team that isn’t running, release an incomplete list of ‘ rising stars ‘ that includes riders in their mid 20’s who have been heat leaders in the championship for a while but not tell you how they came about compiling the list .

And half of the other half are Directors !

Yes, a certain Mr. Gerhard has it in a Swiss bank account and is laughing , literally, all the way to the bank!

Then you need to read it again. Any rider refusing a position will be taken off the scheme, therefore being ineligible for a team place in a reserve position , basically your barred ! . A brand new youth rider is highly unlikely be offered a team place in a 1 to 5 . Lets hope they see the error of there ways and change things when a few of the less desperate , or less wealthy kids, say no I’m not going to do a 500 mile round trip to ride at a club I don’t want to be at and I’ll sit out the year or go moto crossing instead.

Whilst it’s about time they encouraged the kids into teams this scheme has some major flaws. The lad I help is wondering why he signed for his local club if he’s not going to ride for them because of the draft system? And if he doesn’t do as he’s told by the scheme have you read the consequences ?